Example sentences of "[be] [num] [prep] [art] many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And even if the weather is passable , low level walks will take you to places you 'd perhaps never have tried if you 're one of the many walkers whose sights are normally set pretty firmly on the heights . |
| 2 | This was to be one of the many houses used by the Bishops of Rochester and a favourite residence of some during the next three centuries . |
| 3 | Letting go of our poverty consciousness will be one of the many delights of the New Age , and a crucial aspect of our spiritual growth . |
| 4 | Fire hoses are one of the many items of equipment manufactured by Fireater . |
| 5 | Right : stalagmites are one of the many treats in store for the downwardly mobile . |
| 6 | Great cars helped to develop great drivers and wealthy Britons Lord Howe and Sir Henry Birkin were two of the many aristocrats that tried their hand at the sport . |
| 7 | Cows lying down heralding rain and swallows flying high signalling good weather are two of the many indications that people have followed . |
| 8 | So , let's get this straight : first edition collectors do buy new books , preferably hardback and preferably mint , and all things being well , here is one of the many titles for which these loyal and driven souls will this season be queuing twelve-deep : |
| 9 | This is one of the many advantages of an ‘ open ’ system . |
| 10 | Giles , a stylish rider who was very unlucky to roll a pole off the last fence , is one of the many youngsters desperate for sponsorship . |
| 11 | The answer is , of course , that the position of a word boundary has some effect on the realisation of the phoneme ; this is one of the many cases in which the occurrence of different allophones can only be properly explained by making reference to units of grammar ( something which was for a long time disapproved of by many phonologists ) . |
| 12 | It is one of the many ironies in our provision for old people that we offer the fit elderly cheap transport ( which they take up enthusiastically to visit their relatives ) but make no provision to enable the relatives of the frail housebound to visit them . |
| 13 | Interference with the satisfaction of needs is one of the many sources of frustration leading to aggression . |
| 14 | This subjective nature of an odour is one of the many problems facing a complainant who turns to the law seeking its abatement . |
| 15 | The case of Nicholson v. Revill is one of the many instances in which this rule of law has been applied , and the reason upon which the rule is founded is as clear and plain as the rule itself . |
| 16 | Here is one of the many activities included in Fanfare . |
| 17 | Ascorbic acid is a useful additive and like salt and pepper , it is one of the many additives that is derived from a natural source . |
| 18 | Erm and speech convergence is one of the many methods of becoming more similar to another person , so that you erm get rid of your linguistic differences . |
| 19 | It is one of the many strengths of Coetzee 's work that he recognizes the disruptive potential of the new organizations , but he concludes that ultimately they were of benefit to the Conservatives . |
| 20 | The Hemingway text selected for the exercise is one of the many vignettes peppered throughout the In our time collection . |
| 21 | Maria is one of the many examples of the younger generation who has become politically involved against the regime through her participation in a Christian community . |
| 22 | Designed on paper and then woven on her loom , this pure wool rug in a geometric pattern is one of the many designs available from Jacy Wall . |
| 23 | This is one of the many books which address the snobbery of the English , which flash at their readers the lawns of country houses , the baize of gambling-tables , which tell tales of those virtuosos of ostentation and disregard who have in common a contempt for commonness , for the middle class ; and it could be said of such books that their chief resource is the eccentricity which has long amounted to a convention of upper-class life . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's one of the many things I acquired a taste for at school . |
| 25 | You know , that 's one of the many differences since Gill and I have been together : I start seeing things I never would have noticed before . |
| 26 | But his was one of the many families in the streets that ran off the main road at the bottom of the hill and from whom this shop and the tobacconist 's derived most of their regular custom . |
| 27 | It was one of the many coves in Fethiye Bay where you can anchor up while the meltem , the locally variable north-westerly that is both the driving force and the cooling fan of the Lycian coast between May and September , does its stuff . |
| 28 | It was one of the many things for which she had Rune to thank . |
| 29 | There was a momentary hesitation while he considered the implications , but it was one of the many challenges he could n't let go . |
| 30 | Which was one of the many reasons , now he thought about it , why he was planning to kill her . |